I first of all wanted to say; Happy Holidays to all! You guys are great, thank you for all the great reviews and letting me know that you guys are still reading. I truly, really, appreciate it. I only update my story quickly because you guys keep the reviews coming. So here it is Chapter 5. (Merry Christmas SonEm fans).
"What?" Sonny asked half surprised at the question and half intimidated by it.
"You heard me Sonny, are you falling in love with Emily?" Jason pressed the question.
"Jason I already told you, Emily is great and she's an amazing woman. She takes care of my children, my house, and she has been there for me through everything. I do care very much for her. I mean I'd have to be blind to tell you that I don't realize just how beautiful she is but…" Sonny got cut off by Sam who came barging into the room. Both Jason and Sonny looked her way.
"Manny, that maniac, he escaped, he's gone, and no one can find him." Sam said out of breath.
"Where's Emily and the kids?" was the first thing that came out of Sonny mouth.
"I don't know?" Sam said raising up her hands in the air like a child. Before Sonny could rush out of the room to search for them, Emily showed up all smiles with the kids, not aware of the situation.
"The tree was beau…" Emily began to say, but by the looks of everyone, stopped and asked "What?"
"Manny escaped." Sonny said bluntly, and indirectly throwing in her face the fact that she was his "bedside manner doctor."
Coming to her defense Emily said, "When I checked on him he seemed fine he even apologized for everything he's done."
"When you what?" Jason asked furious.
"Huh, Jase, that's not important now, they have to find him. I mean he's recovering from brain surgery how far can the man go?" Emily asked avoiding the real question.
"Does he know you're my sister?" Jason asked knowing the answer in the back of his head.
Emily's eyes widened at the question. She was furious with herself how can she have been so stupid. "Yes" was her only reply. She sat down on the chair by Jason's bed and put her hands over her face at the realization that she had made a huge mistake.
"It's okay" Sonny said moving closer to Emily and putting his hand on her shoulder. "You have nothing to worry about. You'll just move back into the guest house. No, I change my mind, your moving into the guest room the closer you are to the guards and the constant security the better, nothing is going to happen to you."
Jason was not thrilled with the idea but it was the best idea. "Sonny's right the closer you are to his protection the better." Jason said staring at Emily.
"I'll have Max go get your stuff from the Q's and you can come home with me. Come on its getting late and I have to make some calls" Sonny said grabbing Emily by the arm signaling that it was time to go.
As they arrived at Sonny's house the house was still so beautifully decorated. No tree, but still beautiful. As Emily sat down on the couch she saw the Christmas gift that she had given Sonny, a picture of his three children; Michael, Morgan, and Christina. The sight of that somehow made her get so emotional and tears started streaking her face. "Are you alright?" Sonny asked taking a seat very close to her on the couch.
"Oh Sonny," she started to say sobbing, "How can I have been so stupid? I know what danger Manny is and I still got emotional and blurted everything out about me being Jason sister. It's just like with Reese."
"Reese?" Sonny asked confused.
"She died cause of me and that's why I will never be a doctor, I can't. I'm extremely emotional and doctors are suppose to cut emotions out. I get raped; instead of shutting my emotions of guilt and vulnerability out, I shut out my husband. I can't take this Sonny." She said finishing her cries and Sonny grabbing her head and laying it down on his chest.
"Listen to me Emily. You are all heart. That is not a bad trait as you see it, it's a virtue. No other woman that I know would have had the courage to face what you have faced, alone. Nikolas did a piss poor job of being a husband to you when you needed it. Your divorce was not your fault it was his. Reese dying was not your fault either; you could not have known her condition. Manny is an asshole and he thrives on seeing women intimidated and scared. You are not intimidated by Manny Ruiz, I know your not. Why then let him know that he's affected you professionally. Do not give that mad man that satisfaction." Sonny responded to her cries by stroking her hair and kissing her forehead. It was too late, she had fallen asleep in the only place she felt safe, his arms.